Editor: Re: Hunting competition at final stage, Sept. 18 In the wild, predators kill the weak and sick members of a population, thereby ensuring the survival of a healthy gene pool. Historically, hunting was a way of life for people who depended on animals to provide food, clothing and shelter and no more animals were taken than needed.
Fast forward to the present, hunting has become less of a necessity and more of a glamorized, moneymaking industry. I totally support women who participate in outdoor sports, challenges, and who set goals and achieve them, but not at the expense of injuring and harming animals. The animals used in this competition were bred on a ranch where they spend their lives being hunted with no chance of escape.
Hunting is an act of violence for the purpose of killing and should not be promoted as entertainment. Let's leave hunting where it belongs, in the Dark Ages.
Leslie Slack
